So far, every day was a busy day. I was running around. But because I have enough food this time unlike last time in Villawood in 2006, I am not losing weight. I don't know whether it's good or not physically but psychologically, it's definitely good (even if I have to eat the same menu day after day after day...).
Last night, I checked cases after cases in a free online legal database to find who recently appeared in cases similar to mine. Lots of familiar names came up in New South Wales. This morning, I called their chambers one after the other asking whether they consider accepting a pro bono brief. One SC and two juniors agreed to consider and I am waiting for the development.
After coming back to the Lima compound, I found that the Google's cloud storage called Drive was not blocked. It may be blocked when I try to access it next time. It often happens. A site is not blocked when accessed for the first time but is blocked for the second time of access. But it may not be blocked. If not blocked, then I can use Google docs to open, edit, and save Microsoft Word documents to some extent even though Microsoft Word and Google docs are not completely compatible. If I can do those, then I can run a court case by myself while in detention here if the court shows a bit of mercy. Obviously I can not overcome the unavailability of a JP. But some Court allows us to file an unsworn affidavit if I include an undertaking to the Court to swear the unsworn affidavit at the earliest possible time. So there is a chance. Although I do not intend to run this case myself, I think it is always good to have a backup.
I saw a sister from the Sisters of Mercy today. She has been my mentor since my last stay in Villawood eleven years ago. It was nice to see her although this place may not be the ideal place for the reunion.
Oh, today, someone from Serco came to apologise, well, make an excuse about the guard who refused to photocopy my documents on Tuesday. A quick reaction. It seems that in this detention centre, the only type of a form which is actioned is a complaint form. I put a number of request forms in but none of them has been dealt with. But every time I submit a complaint form, someone reacts in a day or two. I think I will use a complaint form as my default form.
At the dinner, I had a chat with a guy whose permanent residency was cancelled as a result of his jail time for a large number of disqualified driving on his way to work (according to him). He came to Villawood a day after me and was amazed by the amount of money the Government was spending for this centre. I told him that the current centre is very different from that in 2006 and explained to him in detail how the centre in 2006 resembled a refugee camp in a poor country with no food, no clothes, no nothing but so many rats running around. He appears to be shocked and said they were not told that such things had been going on. For a middle-aged guy who spent his almost entire life in Australia, the situations of both the current centre and the centre in 2006 appear to be nothing but shocking.